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Quran Ayat regarding Evil(Word)

Explore the profound theme of Evil(Word) in the Quran, a category that gathers Quran Ayat about Evil(Word) to help you understand the concept of harmful speech, falsehood, and destructive language as addressed in Islamic scripture. This page is designed as a focused study resource, organizing relevant verses so you can examine their translations and delve into classical and modern Tafsir (exegesis). By grouping these Ayat together, we aim to provide a clear pathway for reflecting on how the Quran addresses the power of words and their moral implications.

Whether you are a student of knowledge, a researcher, or someone seeking Quranic guidance on ethical communication, this collection offers a structured approach. Each verse is presented with its translation, and you can explore multiple Tafsir interpretations to gain deeper insight into the context and wisdom behind the revelation. The category does not claim to be exhaustive, but rather serves as a starting point for studying the Quran’s perspective on evil speech and its consequences.

As you navigate through the Ayat, you will notice recurring themes such as the prohibition of slander, mockery, and harsh words, as well as the importance of speaking justly and kindly. This resource encourages you to reflect on how these timeless teachings apply to modern life, fostering a deeper connection with the divine message. Begin your exploration today and let the verses illuminate your understanding of this critical topic.


Ayah 165

فَلَمَّا نَسُواْ مَا ذُكِّرُواْ بِهِۦٓ أَنجَيۡنَا ٱلَّذِينَ يَنۡهَوۡنَ عَنِ ٱلسُّوٓءِ وَأَخَذۡنَا ٱلَّذِينَ ظَلَمُواْ بِعَذَابِۭ بَـِٔيسِۭ بِمَا كَانُواْ يَفۡسُقُونَ

165. Then, when they forgot the warning they had received, We saved those who forbade evil and seized the wrongdoers with a dreadful punishment [378] as a consequence of their disobedience.

Surah Name : Al-Araf   Surah Number : 7   Ayat Number: 165

Ayah 167

وَإِذۡ تَأَذَّنَ رَبُّكَ لَيَبۡعَثَنَّ عَلَيۡهِمۡ إِلَىٰ يَوۡمِ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ مَن يَسُومُهُمۡ سُوٓءَ ٱلۡعَذَابِۗ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لَسَرِيعُ ٱلۡعِقَابِ وَإِنَّهُۥ لَغَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ

167. And when your Lord declared that until the Day of Resurrection, He would send against them those who would inflict upon them a terrible punishment [380]. Indeed, your Lord is swift in retribution [381] and surely He is All-Forgiving, All-Merciful.

Surah Name : Al-Araf   Surah Number : 7   Ayat Number: 167

Ayah 168

وَقَطَّعۡنَٰهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأَرۡضِ أُمَمٗاۖ مِّنۡهُمُ ٱلصَّـٰلِحُونَ وَمِنۡهُمۡ دُونَ ذَٰلِكَۖ وَبَلَوۡنَٰهُم بِٱلۡحَسَنَٰتِ وَٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ لَعَلَّهُمۡ يَرۡجِعُونَ

168.And We scattered them throughout the earth into communities [383]. Among them are the righteous, and among them are others [384]. We tested them with good things and with evil so that perhaps they might return [385].

Surah Name : Al-Araf   Surah Number : 7   Ayat Number: 168

Ayah 188

قُل لَّآ أَمۡلِكُ لِنَفۡسِي نَفۡعٗا وَلَا ضَرًّا إِلَّا مَا شَآءَ ٱللَّهُۚ وَلَوۡ كُنتُ أَعۡلَمُ ٱلۡغَيۡبَ لَٱسۡتَكۡثَرۡتُ مِنَ ٱلۡخَيۡرِ وَمَا مَسَّنِيَ ٱلسُّوٓءُۚ إِنۡ أَنَا۠ إِلَّا نَذِيرٞ وَبَشِيرٞ لِّقَوۡمٖ يُؤۡمِنُونَ

188. Say: "I do not possess any power to benefit or harm myself, except as Allah wills [433]. And if I had known the Unseen [435], I would have amassed abundant good [436], and no evil would have touched me [437]. I am only a warner and a giver of glad tidings to a people who believe [438]."

Surah Name : Al-Araf   Surah Number : 7   Ayat Number: 188

Ayah 14

أَفَمَن كَانَ عَلَىٰ بَيِّنَةٖ مِّن رَّبِّهِۦ كَمَن زُيِّنَ لَهُۥ سُوٓءُ عَمَلِهِۦ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُم

14.Is he who stands upon a clear proof[33] from his Lord, like those whose evil deeds have been shown fair to them, and they followed their evil intentions [34]?

Surah Name : Muhammad   Surah Number : 47   Ayat Number: 14

Ayah 16

وَمِنۡهُم مَّن يَسۡتَمِعُ إِلَيۡكَ حَتَّىٰٓ إِذَا خَرَجُواْ مِنۡ عِندِكَ قَالُواْ لِلَّذِينَ أُوتُواْ ٱلۡعِلۡمَ مَاذَا قَالَ ءَانِفًاۚ أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ طَبَعَ ٱللَّهُ عَلَىٰ قُلُوبِهِمۡ وَٱتَّبَعُوٓاْ أَهۡوَآءَهُمۡ

16.And among them are some who listen [42], so you tell them when they go forth from before you saying to the men of learning [43]: "What has he said (44) just now?" These are they upon whose hearts Allah has set a seal (45) and they follow their own evil inclinations (46).

Surah Name : Muhammad   Surah Number : 47   Ayat Number: 16

Ayah 25

لِيَحۡمِلُوٓاْ أَوۡزَارَهُمۡ كَامِلَةٗ يَوۡمَ ٱلۡقِيَٰمَةِ وَمِنۡ أَوۡزَارِ ٱلَّذِينَ يُضِلُّونَهُم بِغَيۡرِ عِلۡمٍۗ أَلَا سَآءَ مَا يَزِرُونَ

25. So that they may bear their burdens [47] in full on the Day of Judgment, and also the burdens of those whom they misled [48] without knowledge. How evil is the burden they bear [49]!

Surah Name : An-Nahl   Surah Number : 16   Ayat Number: 25

Ayah 28

ٱلَّذِينَ تَتَوَفَّىٰهُمُ ٱلۡمَلَـٰٓئِكَةُ ظَالِمِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡۖ فَأَلۡقَوُاْ ٱلسَّلَمَ مَا كُنَّا نَعۡمَلُ مِن سُوٓءِۭۚ بَلَىٰٓۚ إِنَّ ٱللَّهَ عَلِيمُۢ بِمَا كُنتُمۡ تَعۡمَلُونَ

28. Those whose lives are taken by the angels [55] while they were wronging [56] themselves, will then offer submission, saying, "We were not doing any evil" [57]. Yes, indeed. Allah is All-Knowing of what you used to do [58].

Surah Name : An-Nahl   Surah Number : 16   Ayat Number: 28

Ayah 29

فَٱدۡخُلُوٓاْ أَبۡوَٰبَ جَهَنَّمَ خَٰلِدِينَ فِيهَاۖ فَلَبِئۡسَ مَثۡوَى ٱلۡمُتَكَبِّرِينَ

29. Now enter the gates of Hell, to abide therein forever [59]. How evil a dwelling place for the arrogant [60].

Surah Name : An-Nahl   Surah Number : 16   Ayat Number: 29

Ayah 34

فَأَصَابَهُمۡ سَيِّـَٔاتُ مَا عَمِلُواْ وَحَاقَ بِهِم مَّا كَانُواْ بِهِۦ يَسۡتَهۡزِءُونَ

34. So the evil consequences of what they did fell upon them [72], and that which they used to mock surrounded them.

Surah Name : An-Nahl   Surah Number : 16   Ayat Number: 34

Ayah 45

أَفَأَمِنَ ٱلَّذِينَ مَكَرُواْ ٱلسَّيِّـَٔاتِ أَن يَخۡسِفَ ٱللَّهُ بِهِمُ ٱلۡأَرۡضَ أَوۡ يَأۡتِيَهُمُ ٱلۡعَذَابُ مِنۡ حَيۡثُ لَا يَشۡعُرُونَ

45. Do those who devise evil plans [95] not fear that Allah may cause the earth to swallow them [96] or that punishment may come to them from where they do not perceive?

Surah Name : An-Nahl   Surah Number : 16   Ayat Number: 45

Ayah 54

ثُمَّ إِذَا كَشَفَ ٱلضُّرَّ عَنكُمۡ إِذَا فَرِيقٞ مِّنكُم بِرَبِّهِمۡ يُشۡرِكُونَ

54. Then, when He removes the harm from you, a faction among you begins to associate partners with their Lord [110].

Surah Name : An-Nahl   Surah Number : 16   Ayat Number: 54

Ayah 94

وَلَا تَتَّخِذُوٓاْ أَيۡمَٰنَكُمۡ دَخَلَۢا بَيۡنَكُمۡ فَتَزِلَّ قَدَمُۢ بَعۡدَ ثُبُوتِهَا وَتَذُوقُواْ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِمَا صَدَدتُّمۡ عَن سَبِيلِ ٱللَّهِ وَلَكُمۡ عَذَابٌ عَظِيمٞ

94. And do not make your oaths as unfounded excuses [214] amongst yourselves, lest any foot may slip [215] after being firm, and you have to taste evil [216] because you used to move away from the path of Allah. And for you, there is a great torment [217].

Surah Name : An-Nahl   Surah Number : 16   Ayat Number: 94

Ayah 119

ثُمَّ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ لِلَّذِينَ عَمِلُواْ ٱلسُّوٓءَ بِجَهَٰلَةٖ ثُمَّ تَابُواْ مِنۢ بَعۡدِ ذَٰلِكَ وَأَصۡلَحُوٓاْ إِنَّ رَبَّكَ مِنۢ بَعۡدِهَا لَغَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٌ

119. Indeed, your Lord is for those who commit evil in ignorance [264], then repent afterwards and amend [265]; your Lord is certainly Most Forgiving, Most Merciful.

Surah Name : An-Nahl   Surah Number : 16   Ayat Number: 119

Ayah 5

أُوْلَـٰٓئِكَ ٱلَّذِينَ لَهُمۡ سُوٓءُ ٱلۡعَذَابِ وَهُمۡ فِي ٱلۡأٓخِرَةِ هُمُ ٱلۡأَخۡسَرُونَ

5. There are those for whom there is evil torment [8] and they are alone the greatest losers in the hereafter [9].

Surah Name : An-Naml   Surah Number : 27   Ayat Number: 5

Ayah 11

إِلَّا مَن ظَلَمَ ثُمَّ بَدَّلَ حُسۡنَۢا بَعۡدَ سُوٓءٖ فَإِنِّي غَفُورٞ رَّحِيمٞ

11. Yes, except for the one who wrongs [21], then replaces good with evil [22], for indeed, I am Forgiving and Merciful.

Surah Name : An-Naml   Surah Number : 27   Ayat Number: 11

Ayah 39

قَالَ عِفۡرِيتٞ مِّنَ ٱلۡجِنِّ أَنَا۠ ءَاتِيكَ بِهِۦ قَبۡلَ أَن تَقُومَ مِن مَّقَامِكَۖ وَإِنِّي عَلَيۡهِ لَقَوِيٌّ أَمِينٞ

39. One strong jinn said [75], 'I will bring you that throne before you rise from your sitting [76]: and indeed, I am powerful and trustworthy [77].

Surah Name : An-Naml   Surah Number : 27   Ayat Number: 39

Ayah 46

قَالَ يَٰقَوۡمِ لِمَ تَسۡتَعۡجِلُونَ بِٱلسَّيِّئَةِ قَبۡلَ ٱلۡحَسَنَةِۖ لَوۡلَا تَسۡتَغۡفِرُونَ ٱللَّهَ لَعَلَّكُمۡ تُرۡحَمُونَ

46. Saleh said, "O my people, why do you hasten to evil before good? Why do you not seek forgiveness from Allah, that you may receive mercy?"

Surah Name : An-Naml   Surah Number : 27   Ayat Number: 46

Ayah 58

وَأَمۡطَرۡنَا عَلَيۡهِم مَّطَرٗاۖ فَسَآءَ مَطَرُ ٱلۡمُنذَرِينَ

58. And We rained upon them a rain, and what an evil rain it was for those who had been warned.

Surah Name : An-Naml   Surah Number : 27   Ayat Number: 58

Ayah 62

أَمَّن يُجِيبُ ٱلۡمُضۡطَرَّ إِذَا دَعَاهُ وَيَكۡشِفُ ٱلسُّوٓءَ وَيَجۡعَلُكُمۡ خُلَفَآءَ ٱلۡأَرۡضِۗ أَءِلَٰهٞ مَّعَ ٱللَّهِۚ قَلِيلٗا مَّا تَذَكَّرُونَ

62. Or He who listens to the destitute [121] when he calls upon Him and removes the evil and makes you successors in the earth [122]. Is there any god along with Allah? Very little you reflect.

Surah Name : An-Naml   Surah Number : 27   Ayat Number: 62

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